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Comment by Warbane

Since you can only choose one pet each year, you'll the earliest you can get this will be the Children's Week of 2009, given you've gotten two the last two years. If you don't have any yet, you won't be able to get until 2011, when it is likely that there will be a third expansion, and the quest to get one might even have been removed.

Comment by themrb

This gives an advantage in achievement points to those who have been playing wow for longer.

It is unfair in the sense that it gives some people an advantage and therefore others are disadvantaged.On the other hand, I'm sure that some players feel that they should receive some of 'bonus' for their past endevours - however it kinda defeats the whole 'WotLK will put all players on an even playing field again'.

Comment by elilla

Wonder how this will work for those of us who've had to destroy our pets for bag space for various tradeskills/flask/potion storage, and other misc. gear for raiding. Nothing like 3 sets of gear, and never enough room to store everything.

I'm guessing out of luck.

Comment by Tamika

this achievement is currently bugged. if you see the achievement tracks items but not spells so if you have pets (like I do) and learn them they won't count. Dont use them until this gets fixed ;)

Comment by steve360

This achievement should be changed to any one of those pets, not all 3. Its going to be a year or so until we actually see someone with a Violet Proto-Drake.

Comment by Kcired

Quoting tigole:"The achievement still exists. It's just not required for the Children's Week "Meta" achievement."

Comment by RogerD

I gained Sleepy Willy during this years Children's Week. When I cranked up the patch this morning I noticed his name has changed to just "Willy", and doesn't populate the quest (since it's looking for SLEEPY Willy).

I've summoned him thinking that that would do the trick to no avail, but not sure what else there is to do with him....

Comment by DeadlyZedly

Quoting tigole:"The achievement still exists. It's just not required for the Children's Week "Meta" achievement."

Comment by Winged

This achievement now correctly gives you credit for the pets you've learned.

Comment by zorba12

If like me you have deleted any pets like these- be warned blizz will not reinstate them. Unlike quested pets which can be redeemed via stable masters.

Comment by Moore2501

I'm 100% certain I gained the sleepy willy pet in last years children's week. Upon searching my bank/bags I am unable to find it. So the question is "Has it vanished?" I read threads about pets/mounts vanishing during a patch just before WK came out. At that time my account was not active. Any thoughts?

Comment by chickensrool

i talked to a blizz GM about 4 days ago and they said "when time comes we will take it out of the main achievement" so im guessing we dont gotta wait (captain obvious)

Comment by Noobta

As of the latest build, Veteran Nanny is once again not required for "For The Children"

Comment by sk8rguy

to start the quest for the pets you have to go to shattrah. There is a forge in lower city which i think the orpahnage is to the right if you are facing it and then the nanny is inside the building for you to pick up the quest for one of the companions

Comment by Ideonl33t

got this achievement on 1/5/2009, almost sure its world first :p check armory for Ideon on Skullcrusher EU for proof

Comment by Sajakain

Yes there are two separate quest chains for Children's Week that reward pets upon completion. One starts in Lower City of Shattrath and the other starts in Stormwind, in Cathedral Square. However doing both quest chains will not reward two separate pets for this achievement.

The quest chain that starts in Shattrath City, (Lower City), can be found by talking with Orphan Matron Mercy.The quest chain that starts in Stormwind, (Cathedral Square), can be found by talking with Orphan Matron Nightingale.

Both of these quest chains will start with you talking to the respective acquired orphan. Also keep in mind that each Matron will give you a separate orphan whistle. The one in Shattrath will give you a Draenei Orphan Whistle and the one in Stormwind will give you a Human Orphan Whistle.Then the orphan will give you three quests to go visit three separate locations. After you complete the three, the orphan will then give you two more quests. The chain that starts in Shattrath will require one more visiting location and a toy. The chain that starts in Stormwind will require another visit and some ice cream. After you complete these two quests you will be asked to return the orphan to their respective Matrons.

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As far as obtaining the pets go, I completed the quest chain in Shattrath first. My reward choices were one of the three pets required for this achievement:

Although the description of Curmudgeon's Payoff was comical, I chose the Turtle Box personally.

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So as far as being able to obtain two pets for this achievement in one Season, it isn't possible. You will have to wait for three separate seasons. Good luck hunting and don't forget to load your orphan up on sugar before returning it to the Matron!

- Sajakain

Comment by magcmedicn

you can do both outlands quest line and stormwind quest line. You do get a pet at the end of each quest string but only the outlands quest line gives you the pets for this achievement. stormwind quest line gives differemt pets. Also after you turn in quest lines you can get the whislte again just need to talk to the orphanage npc

Comment by savagy

this has to be the craziest achiev ever... 3 years to complete

Comment by Centrelink

I did see a player get this achivement today, missed the name though, on Ju'bei thos, so it is possible to get atm if you have completed the quest twice before already.

Comment by louie123

How do i get that ?

Comment by Luckbox

Why is this not a Feat?

Characters made in June 2011 or later won't be able to have this achievement until May of 2014?

I'm all for RNG achievements, very long grind achievements, very hard achievements, all of that. But something that takes literally 35 months in certain cases should not be a regular achievement. This should be a feat.

Comment by Tropix

The NPC in Orgrimmar that gives the quest for this event can now be found in The Drag.

Comment by theREALcritic

Ok, I'm a bit choked, doing this one on the alliance side. Did the first 2 years of it, and just did year 3. Peanut the baby Elekk ........ is no longer in the list of pets to get. How are we supposed to get this achievement when they take away one if the components?

Comment by theREALcritic

Yeah, forgot about the Shattrath side of the quest. picked up Peanut off that one... And Peanut was definitely NOT in the list of pets from the SW quest. But there are 2 new pets available, plus an optional bag of 5g for those, (i can only guess) that have all the pets already.

Comment by shamansFTW

So im a bit confused, is it still true that you can only get one companion a year?

Comment by ognir

is it still possible to get this achievement? since there are new pets now? if not, they should move it to feats of strength

Comment by GTMistral

You can still complete this achievement from the 2011 Shattrath quest line, starting at the orphelina found of the eastern side of the city. It's part of the Lower City of Shattrath, north side of the eastern bridge. Although they added a new pet this year : Legs.

Comment by Laustia

Nice addition of Legs. However, if you're going for this achievement, Legs is not a part of it.

I had no pets from the Shat nanny, so instead of choosing Legs, I chose Egbert. And in the next 2 years, I'll pick Peanut and Willy.

...Then I can get Legs! (Wait. That could sound very bad, out of context.) >.>

Comment by Syluxx

I wonder, (And seriously hope..!) if Blizzard is going to do the same thing with these pets as with the other ones in the recent events; make them purchaseable from a vendor. Cause by the looks of it, if I want every Shattrath pet for example, I'd have to wait til' 2014.No thanks.

Comment by SpookyKat

I choose Sleepy Willy this time, but it gives me the creeps Y--Y

Comment by Threepoint14

I may have missed it, but I didn't see anyone mention this... in terms of actual calendar time it only takes 2 years for the 3 pets.

Comment by Cyclops727

How To Get This Achievement In One Year Instead of Three.

Ordinarily it's only possible for one character to get three pets each year: One from the classic Azeroth quests (Piglet's Collar, Rat Cage, Turtle Box, or Snail Shell), one from the Outland quests (Elekk Training Collar, Egbert's Egg, Sleepy Willy, or Legs), and one from the Northrend quests (Curious Wolvar Pup or the Curious Oracle Hatchling). But you know how in Mists of Pandaria all of the non-combat pets on your account will be shared amongst your characters? If you run a series of alts through the quests and pick different pets on each one, you'll have all the pets on all your characters once the Mists of Pandaria content patch hits. (Or, at the latest, once Mists itself does.)

Comment by albatross11

as from this year this achievement is totally doable from 0 to 100% in one year. you need only 4 characters to pick each one a diferent companion from each orphan and wait till pandaria to merge them all in a single bundle... if you don't have enought high levled toons you can

2 lvl 68+ (cold weather flyers) to do northrend so each one picks a diferent orphan

3 doing outland orphan quests (you don't pick the snail)

4 doing SW orphan quests (the 4th one can be de lowest lvled toon, which will pick the snail)

Comment by Flickerlight

BEFORE doing the Dalaran orphan chain, check which one you did last year. You can check by finding either the Curious Wolvar Pup or the Curious Oracle in your companions tab. Make sure you do the opposite quest chain or you will not get a pet for this year. I did the Wolvar again this year (without checking first) and didnt get offered a pet for my efforts. Guess I have to wait another year.

Comment by DFrost14

*WARNING*You will not get this achievement if you purchase the pets from the AH (under the battle pets). I was short only Peanut and purchased him last night and did not receive this. I summoned him and even fought with him and nothing. Do not waste the gold if the achieve is the only reason you are buying it.

Comment by JinJin

Purchasing a player sold battle pet of any of these doesn't count for the achievement. The achievement requires obtaining the item that teaches each pet. i.e. Elekk Training Collar vs Peanut (item vs battle pet).

I know cause I tried =(

Comment by Mirrodin

Well i didn't find any post about it so i go ahead and post it anyway.

I found in the ah Peanut the elekk pet and i bought it in the thought of getting credit for this achievement.........Oh well bad news are that i didn't receive any credit so i just wasted 1500g. :(

Comment by holylink718

It should be noted that buying a caged version of these pets does NOT grant credit towards this achievement. If you re-read the text, its says "Acquire Egbert's Egg, Sleepy Willy, and Elekk Training Collar on one character," not "acquire each pet in your pet journal." If you buy the caged version, you do have the pet, but you never had the item required.

I just tried this (found them for pretty cheap on the AH), and can confirm that I did not get the achievement, even though I "learned" them all on the same toon.

Hope this helps save people some money.

Comment by Maladomini

"Purchasing a player sold battle pet of any of these doesn't count for the achievement. The achievement requires obtaining the item that teaches each pet. i.e. Elekk Training Collar vs Peanut (item vs battle pet)"

People need to stop downranking the above comment. Trying to mislead people by letting them believe that they can get the achievement from purchasing the battle-pet version of these pets is very dishonest. Wowhead is a place to share information that is accurate, not a way to scam or mislead the community.

Comment by Yagamimoon

It would be perfect is he called me "Uncle Taniara" T_T

Comment by StansDad

You cannot buy the pet from the AH or from another player - If you read the wording carefully you will see that the achievement does not require you simply get the pet, but to acquire the item which enables you to learn the pet; i.e Egbert's Egg for Egbert, Sleepy Willy for Willy and the Elekk Training Collar for Peanut.Hence you must complete the Shattrath Children's Week quests

Comment by Necronyma

i dont know why everyone tells you it takes 3! years to complete....you have to do it in 3 different years, doesnt mean it take that long..

See: you get a pet(instant, not a year to finish) Wait a year get u'r second pet Wait a year third pet-done

So: how many years have u needed for it? TWO! (not a year, not 35/36 months)